Gazala Fatma

• Scholar at Jamia Hamdard

Intermediate Hyperglycemia is a category of glucose tolerance representing an intermediate stage between normal glucose tolerance (NGT) and diabetes. Within this category are two subcategories: impaired fasting glucose (IFG; 100 –125 mg/dl) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT; defined as a 2-h oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) plasma glucose conce...

ABSTRACT: Objective: To assess the efficacy of Ma-ul-Sha’eer (Barley water) as a dietary intervention in Intermediate Hyperglycemic subjects. Methods: A hospitalbased prospective, pre and post interventional studies, conducted on 40 diagnosed cases of Intermediate Hyperglycemia (Pre-diabetes) as per WHO and ADA criteria at OPD of Majeedia Unani Hos...

Immunostimulator is a substance which stimulates the components of immune system. Immunostimulation comprise a prophylactic or therapeutic concept which aims at the stimulation of our nonspecific immune system. Primarily it implies the non antigen dependent stimulation of the function and efficiency of natural killer cells, granulocytes, macrophage...

Garlic, (Allium sativum) Linn. is a member of the family Liliaceae. It is known as Seer (Persian) and Saum (Arabic) in unani medicine, similarly in Sanskrit, garlic is commonly known as lahsuna or rasona. Garlic plays important role in daily diet and also helps in maintaining good health that's why it is widely used as diet and medicine. The effect...

The word tinnitus is derived from a latin word 'tinnire' which means a "jingle" or "to ring, defined as ringing of sound or noise in the ear by the patient without any external stimulation. This sound may be described by the patient as roaring, hissing, swishing, rustling or clicking type of noise. Unani physicians have defined the tinnitus in the...

Greek physicians elaborated the concept of health and factors which are essential for its maintenance. Among them, Riyazat (physical exercise) is the very basic and useful tool for maintenance of health. As well as, other recommendations of exercise have also described by them. Unani physicians provided cognitions regarding modes, timing recommenda...

p>Psoriasis (Da’u-us-Sadaf) is a common, disfiguring, inflammatory, and chronic autoimmune skin disorder with a worldwide distribution, highest incidence is in Europeans, and the lowest in Asians from the East. The prevalence of psoriasis in adults varies from 0.44 to 2.8%, in India. The word psoriasis is derived from Greek word ‘psora’ meaning ‘it...

ABSTRACT Insomnia is Latin word insomnis which is composed of “in” means “not” and “somnus” means “sleep” which means no sleep. Insomnia (sahar) is a common problem throughout the world, and is characterized by difficulty in initiating or maintaining sleep or nonrestorative sleep, associated with significant morbidity. Sahar is an Arabic word mean...

ABSTRACT Ustukhuddoos is named on „Stoechades‟ a group of Islands on the south coast of Gaul, where this shrub is basically grown. Scientific name of Ustukhuddoos is Lavandula stoechas Linn and belong to family „Lamiaceae‟. It is very popular drug and also called “Jaroob-e-Dimagh” (broom of brain) in unani medicine, because it remove the black bile...

ABSTRACT The prevalence of diabetes is predicted to double globally from 171 million in 2000 to 366 million in 2030 with a maximum increase in India. It is very obvious that India currently faces an uncertain future in relation to the potential burden that diabetes may spread upon the country. Diabetes (Ziabetus) is a silent killer disease which e...

ABSTRACT The whole world are worried about non- infectious diseases and life style disorders like osteoarthritis, cervical spondylosis, lumbar spondylosis, PIVD, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, diabetic foot, skin disorders, psychological disorders, muscular disorders etc. Various methods or technics of Ilaj-Bil-Tadbeer (Regimental /Regimenal the...

Dalak (Massage) is one of the most important therapy of Regimental therapies (it includes massage, exercise, venesection, cupping, leeching, diaphoresis, diuresis, purging, emesis, turkish bath, cauterization). Dalak (Massage) is a type of exercise in which surface of body is rubbed with hands, to increase the blood circulation and remove the waste...

Scabies (Jarb) is a common problem in undeveloped and developing countries due to poor hygiene condition. Scabies is a most contagious skin disease caused by a mite (Sarcoptes scabiei). It produces burrow into the skin to lay eggs and cause intense itching. Scabies is commonly found in web of fingers, flexures of wrist, axillary folds, abdomen, bac...

ARTICLE INFORMATION Eczema (Nar-e-farsi) is an inflammatory responsive condition of the skin which is characterized by erythema, skin edema, vesiculation, itching, oozing or bleeding, flaking, blistering, cracking, crusting and lichenification. Although many theories are bound to explain etiology. But basically two factors causing eczema are descri...